Humidifier
OwnerHajimu Tanakainventor
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Abstract
A humidifier comprising an electric lamp, a protector in the form of a dome-shaped member surrounding the glass bulb of the electric lamp, an evaporation layer made of capillary substance closely contacted with the outer surface of the protector to cover the same, and a water-holding saucer for immersing a portion of the evaporation layer in water or a tightly closed tank having a water supply port at the lower end thereof which communicates with the outer surface of the evaporation layer in sealed relation to the outside. By making the protector of light transmitting material, the humidifier can be used also as an all-night light. The evaporation layer is surrounded with an ornamental cover having water vapor outlets.
Claims3
A humidifier comprising;
- an electric lamp, a protector in the form of a dome-shaped member made of heat resistant and light-transmitting material which surrounds the glass bulb of said electric lamp with a spacing therebetween and which has a lower open end provided with a large diameter portion with shoulder, an evaporation layer made of capillary substance in close contact with the outer surface of said protector to cover the same, an annual saucer which is capable of holding water and which has an opening at the middle of the bottom wall thereof through which the protector passes, a seal packing abutting against the shoulder of the protector and the lower surface of the bottom wall of the saucer at the periphery of the opening, pressing means for pressing the open end of the protector to the bottom wall of the saucer, and an ornamental cover provided with a vapor outlet and mounted on the saucer and covering the evaporation layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.